Senior Assistants in Research (SARs)
The office was established by grace of 26 January 1952.
Aerial Photography, Senior Assistant in Research in
1965-80 Wilson, David Raoul (Curator of Aerial Photography, 1980)
Agricultural Science and Applied Biology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1965-76 Morton, John Richard (University Lecturer, 1976)
Animal Behaviour, Senior Assistant in Research in
1963-65 Bush, Brian Meredith Hardwicke
Applied Biology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1974-79 Lerman, Philip Michael
Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Senior Assistant in Research in
1971-72 Huppert, Hubert Eric (Assistant Director of Research, 1972)
Archaeology and Anthropology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1963-68 Higgs, Eric Sidney (Assistant Director of Research, 1968)
Archaeology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1988-89- Shell, Colin Arthur
Astronomy, Senior Assistant in Research in
1972-77 Mackay, Craig Douglas (Assistant Director of Research, 1977)
Botany, Senior Assistant in Research in
1952-57 Whittingham, Charles Percival (Assistant Director of Research, 1957)
Chemical Engineering, Senior Assistant in Research in
1974-74 Scotting, David John
Chemistry, Senior Assistant in Research in
1991-96 Stamford, Nicholas Patrick John
Classics, Senior Assistant in Research in
1971-81 Martindale, John Robert
Clinical Biochemistry, Senior Assistant in Research in
1984-86 Colaco, Camilo Anthony Leo Selwyn (University Lecturer, 1986)
Colloid Science, Senior Assistant in Research in
1953-58 Pethica, Brian Anthony
Community Medicine, Senior Assistant in Research in
1980-90 Roberts, Sarah Jane
Computer Laboratory, Senior Assistant in Research in the
1966-67 Landy, Barry (Assistant Director of Research, 1967)
Criminology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1961-78 King, Joan Faye Sendall (Assistant Director of Research, 1978)
Dynamical Meteorology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1962-64 Bretherton, Francis Paton (University Lecturer, 1964)
Dynamical Oceanography, Senior Assistant in Research in
1964-66 Gill, Adrian Edmund (Assistant Director of Research, 1966)
Earth Sciences, Senior Assistant in Research in
1981-85 White, Robert Stephen (Assistant Director of Research, 1985)
Economics and Politics, Senior Assistant in Research in
1991-92 Samiei, Sayed Hossein
Electron Microscopy, Senior Assistant in Research in
1962-66 Ferrier, Robert Patton (Assistant Director of Research, 1966)
Engineering, Senior Assistant in Research in
1955-55 Eickhoff, Keith Guy
Experimental Psychology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1967-72 Iversen, Susan Diana (Assistant Director of Research, 1972)
Genetics, Senior Assistant in Research in
1957-65 Wallace, Margaret Elise (Assistant Director of Research, 1965)
Geodesy and Geophysics, Senior Assistant in Research in
1956-63 Belshé, John Craven
Geology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1960-65 Rudwick, Martin John Spencer (University Lecturer, 1965)
Human Ecology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1962-66 Petrie (née Young), Ann
Land Economy, Senior Assistant in Research in
1968-72 McKie, Robert Lanceley Gordon
Mathematical Laboratory, Senior Assistant in Research in the
From 1966 posts are listed under the Computer Laboratory; the title in fact changed in
1969.
1952-58 Renwick, William
Mathematics, Senior Assistant in Research in
1957-60 Dyer, Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-, Sir
Mechanics of Solids, Senior Assistant in Research in
1965-67 Willis, John Raymond (Assistant Director of Research, 1967)
Medical Psychology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1958-59 Cullen, John Henry
Medicine, Senior Assistant in Research in
1968-73 White, Chester
Metallurgy and Materials Science, Senior Assistant in Research in
1984-88 Greer, Alan Lindsay (University Lecturer, 1988)
Metallurgy, Senior Assistant in Research in
1961-63 Brandon, David Godfrey
Meteorological Physics, Senior Assistant in Research in
1952-57 Pierce, Edward Thomas
Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Senior Assistant in Research in
1964-66 Williams, Dudley Howard (Assistant Director of Research, 1966)
Other Languages, Senior Assistant in Research in
1966-67 Bott, Michael Francis (Technical Officer in the Mathematical Laboratory, 1967)
Pathology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1968-71 Bowyer, David Edward (Assistant Director of Research, 1971)
Pharmacology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1973-75 Young, John Michael (University Lecturer, 1975)
Physical Chemistry, Senior Assistant in Research in
1954-59 Thrush, Brian Arthur (Assistant Director of Research, 1959)
Physics, Senior Assistant in Research in
1955-65 Elsmore, Bruce (Senior Technical Officer, 1965)
Physiology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1971-74 Gordon, Lyndsay George McDonald
Polar Research, Senior Assistant in Research in
1959-63 Evans, Stanley (Assistant Director of Research, 1963)
Pure Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Senior Assistant in Research in
1983-84- Norton, Simon Phillips
Quaternary Research, Senior Assistant in Research in
1954-60 Walker, Donald
Radiophysics, Senior Assistant in Research in
1962-69 Wilson, Donald McLean Anderson (Senior Technical Officer, 1969)
Radiotherapeutics, Senior Assistant in Research in
1957-61 Reuss, Irmelin Simon-
Slavonic Studies, Senior Assistant in Research in
1972-74 Comrie, Bernard Sterling (University Lecturer, 1974)
Soil Microbiology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1957-63 Tribe, Henry Timothy
Soil Science, Senior Assistant in Research in
1953-53 Perrin, Robert Michael Sumner
Statistics, Senior Assistant in Research in
1964-65- McLaren, Alexander David
Taxonomy, Senior Assistant in Research in
1959-60- Yeo, Peter Frederick
University Library, Senior Assistant in Research in the
1972-74 Seymour, Carol Adams
Veterinary Physiology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1953-55 Balfour, William Edward
Zoology, Senior Assistant in Research in
1958-60 Hinde, Robert Aubrey
1964-69 Booth, Helen Yvette Spencer Spencer-
1965-71 White, Richard Eugene Charlton
1966-67- Prescott, Robert George Whitelock
1971-76 Harding, Robert Douglas (Assistant Director of Research, 1976)
1987-91 Glendinning, Paul Alexander (Assistant Director of Research, 1991)
1973-79 Whelan, John Anthony Joseph (Assistant Director of Research, 1979)
1974-77 Kibblewhite, Edward James (Assistant Director of Research, 1977)
1978-82 Pringle, James Edward (Assistant Director of Research, 1982)
1984-87 Efstathiou, George Petros (Assistant Director of Research, 1987)
1985-88 Carswell, Robert Francis (Assistant Director of Research, 1988)
1989-91 Gilmore, Gerard Francis (Assistant Director of Research, 1991)
1989-92 Hewett, Paul Charles (Assistant Director of Research, 1992)
1990-94 Lahav, Ofer (Assistant Director of Research, 1994)
1956-62 Canny, Martin Joseph Patrick (University Lecturer, 1962)
1959-72 Yeo, Peter Frederick (Assistant Director of Research, 1972)
1963-71 Echlin, Patrick (Assistant Director of Research, 1971)
2000- Dixon, Darren James
1955-59 Ottewill, Ronald Harry (Assistant Director of Research, 1959)
1963-65 Chipperfield, John Robert
1963-66 Kernohan, John Clarke
1991-97 Palmer, Christopher Ralf
1968-69 Larmouth, John (Senior Technical Officer, 1969)
1968-81 Moody, John Kenneth Montague (University Lecturer, 1981)
1969-73 Bourne, Stephen Richard
1971-72 Hiles, John Owen
1971-77 Fitch, John Peter
1973-76 King, Frank Haydon (University Lecturer, 1976)
1970-72 Wiles, Paul Noel Porritt
1970-74 Farrington, David Philip (Assistant Director of Research, 1974)
1990-91- White, Nicholas Jeremiah
1993- England, Richard William
1993-95 McBride, John
1993-97 Singh, Satish
1993-97 Snyder, David Bufton
1995- Vahey, Shaun Patrick
1955-56 Lubbock, John Kenneth (University Lecturer, 1956)
1955-57 Johnson, Leslie Gordon (Assistant Director of Research, 1957)
1956-58 Benjamin, Thomas Brooke (Assistant Director of Research, 1958)
1958-61 Fallside, Frank (University Lecturer, 1961)
1958-61 Fuller, Anthony Thomas (Assistant Director of Research, 1961)
1959-61 Sherbourne, Archibald Norbert
1959-63 Maull, David John (University Lecturer, 1963)
1960-62 Banks, Peter Joseph
1960-64 Cowley, Martin Duncan
1961-62 Birch (née Christ), Gina Margaret
1961-66 Threlfall, Brian David
1962-64 Munro, Robert Gordon
1964-67 James, Ronald George (Assistant Director of Research, 1967)
1964-69 Matthewman, John Hamilton (University Lecturer, 1969)
1965-65 Rosenbrock, Howard Harry
1965-68 Jackson, Robert David (University Lecturer, 1968)
1966-69 Ponter, Alan Robert Sage
1967-67 Smart, Peter
1967-68 Palmer, Andrew Clennell (University Lecturer, 1968)
1967-70 Gittins, John Charles (Assistant Director of Research, 1970)
1967-70 Graham, John Michael Russell
1968-71 Daneshyar, Homayoon
1968-75 Sleath, John Francis Adams (University Lecturer, 1975)
1969-72 Bassett, Richard Henry
1969-84 Britton, Rachel Anne (Senior Technical Officer, 1984)
1970-73 Plumbridge, William John
1971-72 Kinns, Roger
1971-75 Mutch, Margaret Olive
1972-74 Cumpsty, Nicholas Alexander (University Lecturer, 1974)
1973-76 Atkinson, John Herbert
1974-76 Nash, Peter
1976-83 Young, John Bernard (University Lecturer, 1983)
1984-85 Dawes, William Nicholas (University Lecturer, 1985)
1985-89 Hodson, Howard Peter
1989-90- Prager, Richard William
1963-67 Gibson, John Bryan (Assistant Director of Research, 1967)
1962-66 Matthews, Drummond Hoyle (Assistant Director of Research, 1966)
1963-69 Davies, David (Assistant Director of Research, 1969)
1968-76 Pringle, Ian Raeburn
1969-74 McKenzie, Dan Peter (Assistant Director of Research, 1974)
1971-86 King, Geoffrey Charles Plume
1977-81 Gubbins, David (Assistant Director of Research, 1981)
1967-74 Cutbill, John Louis (Assistant Director of Research, 1974)
1968-72 Gobbett, Derek John
1971-76 Hughes, Christopher Paul (Assistant Director of Research, 1976)
1966-68 Saunders, Cynthia Ruth Gwendolin
1969-75 Mitter, Swasti
1969-77 Gasson, Ruth
1969-77 Silvey, Donald Reginald
1969-77 Thompson, Michael Chetwynd (Assistant Director of Research, 1977)
1985-91 Cathie, John (Assistant Director of Research, 1991)
1989-90 Varvarigos, Panagiotis
1992-98 Renwick, Alan William (Assistant Director of Research, 1998)
1954-56 Haselgrove, Colin Brian
1961-62 Barron, David William (University Lecturer, 1962)
1963-64 Needham, Roger Michael (Assistant Director of Research, 1964)
1964-66 Hartley, David Fielding (Assistant Director of Research, 1966; University Lecturer, 1967)
1960-62 Kennard, David William (Assistant Director of Research, 1962)
1963-66 Southon, Michael John (Assistant Director of Research, 1966)
1967-70 Edington, Jeffrey William (Assistant Director of Research, 1970)
1958-63 Walshaw, Charles Desmond
1966-71 Bull, Harold Thomas
1964-68 Stone, Anthony John (Assistant Director of Research, 1968)
1969-75 Grice, Roger (Assistant Director of Research, 1975)
1981-84 Raithby, Paul Robert (Assistant Director of Research, 1984)
1986-89 Hart, Graham John
1970-71 Heal, John Gauntlett Benedict
1974-80 Dawson, John Lewis (Literary and Linguistic Computing Centre) (Assistant Director of Research, 1980)
1972-76 Gordon, John Laurie
1976-80 Davies, Paul Brett (Assistant Director of Research, 1980)
1981-84 Jones, William (Assistant Director of Research, 1984)
1983-86 Rayment, Trevor (Assistant Director of Research, 1986)
1957-62 Thomas, John Orion
1960-65 Smith, Kenneth Charles Arthur (University Lecturer, 1965)
1966-71 Atherton, Antony Robin
1967-68 Sendall, Dennis Michael
1969-71 Carter, Anthony Arthur
1970-77 Carter (Williams), Janet Rose
1972-73- Small, Peter Wilfrid
1972-75 Lee, Anthony Edward
1972-89 Chaudhri, Mohammad Munawar (Surface Physics) (Assistant Director of Research, 1989)
1973-75 Pendrey, John Brian
1973-76 Glazer, Anthony Michael
1973-77 Briscoe, Brian James (Assistant Director of Research, 1977)
1974-84 Ansorge, Richard Eric (Assistant Director of Research, 1984)
1977-79 Buxton, Bernard Francis
1980-83 McMullen, Dennis
1980-88 Head, Peter Vincent
1981-82- Warner, Peter John
1984-87 Lasenby, Anthony Norden (Assistant Director of Research, 1987)
1984-88 Berger, Stephen John
1989-90- Bleloch, Andrew Luke
1989-93 Marseglia, Elisabeth Ann (Assistant Director of Research, 1993)
1992-94 Phillips, Richard Thomas (Assistant Director of Research, 1994)
1992-95 Wheatley, Joseph Mary (Assistant Director of Research, 1995)
1995-2000 Tarte, Edward John
1996- Greenham, Neil Clement
1975-78 Green, David Peter Luscombe
1964-71 Friend, Peter Furneaux (University Lecturer, 1971)
1973-78 Humphrey, Caroline (University Assistant Lecturer, 1978)
1978-83 Drewry, David John (Assistant Director of Research, 1983; Director of SPRI, 1984)
1984-87 Squire, Vernon Arthur
1985-86- Rees, William Gareth
1988-90 Williams, Robin George (Assistant Director of Research, 1990)
1989-92 Dowdeswell, Julian Andrew (Assistant Director of Research, 1992)
1957-62 Willis, Eric Herbert (Assistant Director of Research, 1962)
1961-65 Churchill, David Maughan
1964-68 Switsur, Vincent Roy (Assistant Director of Research, 1968)
1965-70 Dickson, James Holms
1965-72 Shackleton, Nicholas John (Assistant Director of Research, 1972)
1969-70 Hibbert, Frederick Alan
1973-75 Birks, Harry John Betteley (University Lecturer, 1975)
1988-91 Bennett, Keith David (Assistant Director of Research, 1991)
1958-61 Heard, Dorothy Helen
1962-66 Seaman, Geoffrey Vincent Frederick
1965-69 Dendy, Philip Palin (Assistant Director of Research, 1969)
1968-70 Mehrishi, Jitendranath (Assistant Director of Research, 1970)
1955-65 Silver, Marian (Assistant Director of Research, 1965)
1963-66 Grimstone, Albert Victor (Assistant Director of Research, 1966)
1965-69 Bateson, Paul Patrick Gordon Berg (University Lecturer, 1969)
1966-71 Gupta, Brij Lal (Assistant Director of Research, 1971)
1970-74 Mullinger, Ann Margaret
1979-83 McCabe, Brian John (Assistant Director of Research, 1983)